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Freshwater runoff from rivers brings more carbon, nutrients to Arctic Ocean

Higher concentrations of trace elements in surface waters benefit North Pole

Hydrocarbon seeps fuel biological production in the Arctic Ocean

Evidence of hydrocarbon seepage is widespread in the Barents Sea and other regions of the Arctic

Arctic researchers assess how marine organisms respond to light

Marine scientists have used the cover of darkness to expose how ‘light pollution’ is affecting creatures in the Arctic Ocean. Working during the depths of...

Polar Sea Ice detection using reflected GNSS signals

Working with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have released new datasets that demonstrate how reflections of satellite navigation signals...

Research expedition conducts a scientific survey in the North Atlantic

On 19 January an international research expedition led by scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) sailed from Fort Lauderdale in the USA to...

Scientists use SAMS’ technology to measure arctic sea-ice melting

Scientists taking part in the largest-ever Arctic expedition will use technology developed by SAMS Research Services Ltd (SRSL), to measure sea ice melting. The German...

Subsea engineers test robots to tracking oil spills under the arctic ice

As sea ice continues to melt in the Arctic and oil exploration expands in the region, the possibility of an oil spill occurring under...

Irminger Sea: The buoy meteorology system returned a wealth of scientific data

The recently completed OOI mooring service cruise on the R/V Neil Armstrong (2-25 Aug 2019) established a significant milestone – the Irminger Sea Global...

Arctic sea-ice loss has “minimal influence” on winter weather, research shows

The dramatic loss of Arctic sea ice through climate change has only a “minimal influence” on severe cold winter weather across Asia and North...

VIDEO: Saildrone completes first unmanned circumnavigation of Antarctica

Despite a run-in with an iceberg that wrecked some of its sensors, Saildrone 1020 completed its mission on August 3 having successfully collected oceanic...

Robotic explorer takes on Arctic mission

An underwater robotic vehicle will go on an Arctic research mission deemed too dangerous for humans in a bid to help scientists understand the...

Study Finds 24 Percent of West Antarctic Ice is Unstable

Over the past 25 years, ice has thinned across West Antarctica so rapidly that a quarter of its glacier ice is now affected

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